13685 Townsend, Milan, MI 48160

Flood Plain District

Consistent with the letter and spirit of Act 246 of the Public Acts of 1945, the Township Board of London Township finds that potential growth, the spread of development, and increasing demands upon natural resources can have the effect of encroaching upon, despoiling, polluting or eliminating many of its watercourses and wetlands, and other natural resources and processes. The Township Board further finds that these natural resources and processes, if preserved and maintained in an undisturbed and natural condition, constitute important physical, aesthetic, recreational, and economic assets to the current and future residents of the Township; The Flood Plain FP District is hereby established for the purpose of significantly reducing hazards to persons and damage to property as a result of flood conditions in London Township, and to comply with the provisions and requirements of the National Flood Insurance Program, and rules promulgated by the Federal Emergency Management Agency FEMA and Michigan Department of Environmental Quality MDEQ. The further objectives of this District are to: Protect human life, health and property from the dangerous and damaging effects of flood conditions; Minimize public expenditures for flood control projects, rescue and relief efforts in the aftermath of flooding, repair of flood damaged public facilities and utilities, and the redevelopment of flood damaged homes, neighborhoods, commercial and industrial areas; Minimize public expenditures for flood control projects, rescue and relief efforts in the aftermath of flooding, repair of flood damaged public facilities and utilities, and the redevelopment of flood damaged homes, neighborhoods, commercial and industrial areas; Prevent private and public economic loss and social disruption as a result of flood conditions; Maintain stable development patterns, and minimize the blighting influence of flood damage; Ensure that the public has access to information indicating the location of land areas subject to periodic flooding; Preserve the ability of floodplains to carry and discharge a base flood.